Thai red beef curry with peanuts

Best & easiest red Thai curry I've come across, shared from a friend who found it sometime ago on the Web. Delicious! Can be made without a slow cooker too. See tip below.

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: Thai

2 reviews 
Ready in 7 hours
by gillmcintosh

Ingredients

1 kilo Cheap beef (e.g. Chuck or casserole) , cut into bite sized pieces

2 Red chilli peppers , sliced

6 Kaffir lime leaves , torn

2 Stalks lemongrass , bruised, whole

1 can Coconut milk

2 tablespoons Red curry paste

3 tablespoons Fish sauce

2 tablespoons Brown sugar

3/4 cup Finely chopped peanuts

2 cups Frozen or fresh green beans , sliced

1/2 cup Bamboo shoots , thin julienned

1 Green pepper , quartered & sliced

1 Red pepper , quartered & sliced

Thai basil (Optional)


Directions

1) Place the meat, red chilli peppers, kaffir lime leaves, and lemongrass stalks in a 3.5lr or larger slow cooker. 2) Mix the sauce ingredients (coconut milk, fish sauce, curry paste & sugar) with a whisk until smooth, then pour over the meat. Sprinkle the peanuts on top. Cover the slow cooker, set it on low, and cook 6-8 hours. 3) 30mins before serving it is time to cook the jasmine rice and stir in the beans and bamboo shoots. 4) When ready to serve, remove the lemongrass and lime leaves, stir in the red and green capsicum, then serve over jasmine rice. Garnish with the fresh Thai basil. TIP Making without a slow cooker: In a big heavy-based pot, brown steak, add chilli & kaffir leaves. Pour sauce over meat top with the peanut. Bring to boil, then reduce to lowest heat and cook for 1-hour or so. The sauce will reduce much quicker than in a slow cooker, so transfer to a 100 degree (C) oven and leave to cook for 2-3 more hours, or until the beef is meltingly tender.

Reviews


I made this for dinner tonight... it was a little challenging trying to find the lime leaves, but Uwajimaya prevailed in the end. I ran out of time to do it in the crockpot, so I did it in a dutch oven instead. I simmered it for a couple of hours and then reduced it down... so delicious! Thank you for sharing!

jaewatson

Delicious & authentic!

gillmcintosh

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